Just out in PNASNews: Our new megastudy of text messages designed to nudge vaccination. The top-performing message conveyed that a vaccine was "reserved for you." A dream team of scientists worked on this @ChangeBcfg Penn Med Nudge Unit project to save lives: bit.ly/bcfgpnas

Welcome! Look forward to meeting/teaching the UCLA Anderson School of Management class of 2023 next week!

I am hiring a full-time RA at UCLA Anderson w/ Prof Jana Gallus Sherry Jueyu Wu! Perfect position for those looking toward grad school in economics/business/social psych. Apply here: bit.ly/uclapply SJDM, Society for Judgment and Decision Making Behavioral Scientist The BE Hub RTs appreciated!

Proud of you, ilana brody! Awesome work! Thank you Irene Scopelliti and SJDM, Society for Judgment and Decision Making poster reviewers! UCLA Anderson School of Management

Using peer comparison information to change behavior has risks: it harmed physician well-being in our 5-month RCT. Amazing leadership by Joey Reiff Justin Zhang, MD with coauthors from UCLA Health UCLA Anderson School of Management

Dilip Soman 🇨🇦 BEAR UofT Cass Sunstein Varun Gauri Abby Sussman Suzanne Shu Katy Milkman daniel read 🇨🇦 @B_I_Tweets Elizabeth Linos Richard H Thaler Cait Lamberton Busara Center Eric J. Johnson BEworks Hengchen Dai & I show nudges’ estimated efficacy varies by 1-how impact is assessed, 2-targeted sample’s baseline motivation to adopt an activity, & 3-barriers nudges aim to tackle WP1 papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf… WP2 papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf… WP3 papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf… ⬇️Details⬇️

Offering pre-commitment does not always promote the adoption of recommended behaviors. Its impact depends on the way pre-commitment is offered and how people interpret the offer. Thanks to the amazing Joey Reiff who led the team to uncover these insights!

May the force of double #FreshStart be with you! My #2024NewYear resolution is a SMART goal & uses planning prompt, (kid-made) reminder, commitment device, and emergency reserve! Katy Milkman Jason Riis #behavioralscience

Interested in sharpening your research skills before graduate school? Consider applying for the Behavioral Lab Manager position at UCLA Anderson School of Management!

🚨 NEW PAPER 🚨 When does evidence change policy? After running RCTs, cities are most likely to adopt a nudge intervention not when it has a large effect, but when it’s put into pre-existing communication. By Stefano DellaVigna, Woojin Kim, Elizabeth Linos journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/72… 🧵

#SPSP2024 I'm co-chairing a symposium with Anabel Büchner on goal conflicts, featuring work from us, @Jiabi8, & Hengchen Dai. We used diverse methods (experimental, psychometric, longitudinal, machine learning, cross-cultural, etc.) to study goal conflicts in various contexts.

Prolific!Trying here as emailing you (x3) was unsuccessful.Our funder has deposited 20k on my coauthor's account (@hengchendai) 2weeks+ ago but there is no $ on the account yet.Our PhD students have studies ready to run but we need to sort this out. Any chance you could help us?

Hengchen Dai Hengchen Dai UCLA Anderson School of Management discusses factors that can explain variation in estimated intervention efficacy across evaluations and help policymakers better predict behavioral responses to interventions in their settings ➡️faculti.net/assessing-nudg… #econtwitter #nudge

🚨New paper in OBHDP🚨 Notice anything strange about the offer below? In our latest paper, we explore a negative consequence of including objectively inferior ("dominated") options in menus... 🧵 authors.elsevier.com/a/1jJhR2gS5O1Y… w/ Jon Bogard (co-lead), Eugene Caruso, & Hal Hershfield

Paper led by amazing @Ilanabrody got Best Paper Award from AOM MOC Division AcademyOfManagement! We (w/Jana Gallus Kiki Koutmeridou) challenge the common view that giving donors choice increases donations. Depending on choice framing, warm glow may become cold chill. WP: bit.ly/coldchill